Device for hooking,lifting and firmly holding an apparatus on the upper edge of the cargo body to be transported by the truck itself

ABSTRACT

A SUPPORT FOR THE VERTICAL LOADS FROM VEHICLES, AS BY HOOKING OVER THE EDGE OF A TRUCK WALL, COMPRISES TWO PAIRS OF THE RODS, THE RODS OF EACH PAIR BEING OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS AND ONE OF THE RODS BEING VERTICAL AND THE OTHER INCLUDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE UPPER END OF THE VERTICAL ROD, THE RODS AT THEIR LOWER ENDS BEING PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTED WITH THE LOAD TO BE CARRIED. THE UPRIGHT ROD OF EACH PAIR HAS A SLEEVE VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED THEREON, THE SLEEVE CARRYING A HOOK ON ONE SIDE WHICH HOOKS OVER THE EDGE OF THE VEHICLE WALL. ON   ITS OTHER SIDE, THE SLEEVE IS PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTED WITH THE LONGER LEG. THE LONGER LEG IS ADJUSTABLE AS TO LENGTH.

United States Patent {72] Inventor Domenico Domenighetti Via Nosetto 6, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland [21 Appl. No. 798,009

[22] Filed Feb. 10, 1969 [45] Patented June 28, 1971 [32] Priority Feb. 12, 1968 [3 3] Switzerland [54] DEVICE FOR BOOKING, LIFIING AND FIRMLY HOLDING AN APPARATUS ON THE UPPER EDGE OF THE CARGO BODY TO BE TRANSPORTED BY Primary Examiner-Chancellor E. Harris Attorney- Young & Thompson ABSTRACT: A support for the vertical loads from vehicles, as by hooking over the edge of a truck wall, comprises two pairs of tie rods, the rods of each pair being of different lengths and one of the rods being vertical and the other inclining downwardly from the upper end of the vertical rod, the rods at their lower ends being pivotally interconnected with the load to be carried. The upright rod of each pair has a sleeve vertically adjustably mounted thereon, the sleeve carrying a hook on one side which hooks over the upper edge of the vehicle wall. On its other side, the sleeve is pivotallyinterconnected with the longer leg. The longer leg is adjustable as to length.

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INVENTOR BY r HM ATTORNEYS DEVICE FOR BOOKING. LIFTING AND FIRMLY HOLDING AN APPARATUS ON THE UPPER EDGE OF THE CARGO BODY TO BE TRANSPORTED BY THE TRUCK ITSELF Self-propelled machines and apparatuses manually operated and driven by an operator are well-known, in particular those used for roadwork, digging, building and the like. The transport thereof from one yard to another, or also from different points in the same yard requires a motor vehicle with an inclined plane for loading or a crane or other mobile arm; this involves a loss of time, a use of means which can also not be on the job site, therefore use of additional workers.

An object of the present invention is the provision of a device applicable in pairs to machines or apparatuses which have to be displaced from one place to another, constituted in such a way as to be practically valid for different types of said machines, therefore for different heights and widths; furthermore it presents a pair of hooking elements adapted to engage the upper edge of the rear wall of the dump or rocking body of 2 a motor vehicle, which, because it is dumping, is adapted, at the lower position, to hook the machine to be transported and to lift same when it returns to its usual horizontal position.

In this way the machine or apparatus can be transported without encumbering the body area and therefore without affecting its capacity, which can be used to transport other loads. The hooking, lifting, holding and transporting device for a working apparatus especially for the wall of a truck, comprises at least a pair of tie rods of different length mounted in relation to each other at an angle, their lower ends being articulated at two-spaced points of the apparatus to be lifted and transported, while the two upper ends are jointed together by means of a bush or sleeve adjustable in height and fixable on one of the tie rods, articulated on the end of the other tie rod, and provided with a hooklike side appendage, adapted to hook itself on the horizontal edge of the truck wall, the longer tie rod of each pair being adjustable in length.

Reference is made in the detailed description to the annexed drawing, which diagrammatically represents a practical, nonlimiting, embodiment of the invention, viewed in side elevation.

The illustrated device is obviously only one element of the pair, and comprises the combination of: a first tie rod 1 pivoted at its lower end at 2 to a fork or car 3 fixed to the apparatus M, to be transported; a second tie rod 4, constituted by two parts 4' and 4" connected to each other at 5 by a pin, which can be displaced into different holes 6 on said parts 4 and 4", the part 4 of which is pivoted at its lower end at 7 on an ear 8 fixed to apparatus M; a sleeve 9 surrounding the upper end of the tie rod 1, fixable to it in different positions by means of a pin 10 and integrally carrying a projection for an upper pivot 11 of part 4" of tie rod 4, and, on the opposite side, hook 12, the width and shape of which is adapted to receive the thickness of upper edge 13 of part 14 of a dump body 15 of conventional type, not represented.

In the FIGURE, wall 14 of the body is at hooking position, which can precede either the lifting of apparatus M for its transport to another place, or the deposit of it at the job site.

Of course, if pivots 2 and 7 are provided with easily extractable pins, it is possible to release apparatus M from the two above-mentioned elements, easily and quickly, so that it is possible to promptly use the apparatus itself.

It should be noted that pivots 2, 7 and H, and connections 5 and 10 that can be adjusted in length, allow the use of these devices on different machines or apparatuses very easily and quickly, provided that they have two pairs of fixed ears 3 and 8.

lclaim:

l. A device for suspending a load from a vehicle, comprising at least two pairs of tie rods, the rods of each pair being of different lengths with the shorter of the rods of each pair disposed vertically and the longer rod of each pair being inclined downwardly away from the shorter rod, a sleeve slidably disposed on the up r end of the shorter rod, means for selectively securing the s eeve to the shorter rod at any of a plurality of positions of adjustment lengthwise of upper end of the shorter rod, a downwardly opening hook carried by said sleeve on one side of said sleeve, means pivotally interconnecting the sleeve and the upper end of said longer rod on the other side of the sleeve, means for adjusting the length of the longer rod, and means for securing the lower ends of the rods to the load to be carried.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, said longer rod of each pair being in two portions, at least one of said portions having a plurality of holes spaced along a portion of the length thereof, and a pin interconnecting said two portions through a selected one of said holes. 

